Places Edited by Lex Berko

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

The nerve center of a massive, state-of-the art radio telescope that sprawls across Western Europe.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.

This oddly named town refuses to change its phallic moniker.

The so-called "Richest Village In China" is either a model Communist town or a dystopian sham.

From Iggy Pop to David Bowie to Nick Cave, this regal music studio has served some of the all time greats.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The closest thing to Mars on Earth.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

One of Australia's famed "Big Things," this giant fruit was once stolen as part of a publicity stunt.